"You've been very gracious to my siblings and myself... It's very peaceful, to have someone to talk to." Nalima internally reflects on how long it's been since she's had a conversation with someone in this city who didn't see her only as a lowborn impostor. Though she wonders if Valentine's attempting to "buy" her, or something of the sort.

"Now, now... Everyone has their own unique difficulties. If we all avoided complaining because somebody had it worse, we'd all be holding in a ton of different kinds of pain, and only one person would bear the responsibility of expressing it for the world. We don't want that."